User guide

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Login— Default Dell OpenManage Network Manager login is admin , password admin .
CAUTION:
The first time you start the application after you install it, you may have to wait some additional minutes
for Application to completely start. One indication you have started viewing your web client too soon is
that the Quick Navigation portlet does not appear properly. Workaround: Force Redcell to re-initialize the
admin user. To do that: Login as Admin. Go To > Control Panel > Users and Organizations. Select and edit
the Admin user. Edit any field (Middle Name for example). Save. Sign out. Log back in with admin.
For Successful Discovery (After startup) Have the Following:
Connectivity— Ensure application server has connectivity to devices to discover. One easy way to
do this is to ping the discovery target from application server.
Device Login/Passwords— Needed for discovery targets. Typically these include SNMP
communities and CLI login / password combinations. Determine what version of SNMP you
are using, too.
Device Access— Insure Dell OpenManage Network Manager’s host is authorized to manage to the
device(s). When necessary, configure devices’ ACLs to admit this application’s access /
management.
Backup / Restore / Deploy (After device discovery)
FTP/TFTP Server— Make sure an external FTP/TFTP server is running and has network access to
the target device(s). Typically FTP/TFTP servers must be on the same side of firewalls as
managed devices. Dell OpenManage Network Manager’s internal FTP/TFTP server is for
testing only. If these are separate processes, configure them so they write to the same
directory.
Alarms / Monitoring
Minimize Network Traffic— Configure “chatty” devices to quiet down. Use Suppress Alarms to
keep performance at acceptable levels, and configure database archiving so the database does
not fill up.
NOTE:
Some Dell OpenManage Network Manager features do not work without internet access. In particular:
Maps, because the maps Dell OpenManage Network Manager uses need internet access to retrieve maps
and plot locations. But if you do not need functioning map portlet(s), then running Dell OpenManage
Network Manager without internet access works well as long as the network is properly configured and
resolves the localhost name to application server’s IP address.
Licenses and Upgrades
Dell OpenManage Network Manager 5.3 can only be installed as an initial installation or upgraded
from version 5.0 or later.